MedBen
  • About Us
    • MedBen Advantage
    • ISO 9001:2015 Certified
    • Career Opportunities
    • Contact Us
  • Employers
    • Online Services
    • Forms
    • Formularies
    • Networks
  • Members
    • Online Services
    • Forms
    • Formularies
    • Networks
  • Brokers
  • Providers
    • MedBen Access Provider Portal
  • Our Services
    • Medical Benefits Administrators
    • Alternative Reimbursement Strategies
    • MedBen Rx
    • MedBen Analytics
    • MedBen WellLiving
    • COBRA and Consumer-Driven Health Plans (FSA/HRA/HSA)
    • MedBen PreceDent and VisionPlus
  • Resources
    • No Surprises Act Resource Center
    • COVID-19 Resource Center
    • MedBen Blog
    • Case Studies
    • Online Services
    • FSA/HSA Store
    • Forms
    • Network Directories
    • Social Media
    • WellCare Newsletter
  • MedBen Access
Select Page

More than Half of Young U.S. Adults Dealing with Chronic Conditions

Sep 1, 2022 | Asthma, Cholesterol, Chronic conditions, Hypertension, Mental Health, Obesity, Wellness

High blood pressure, high cholesterol, and asthma are among the chronic health conditions affecting over half of young U.S. adults, according to new federal data.Researchers from the the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that nearly 54% of...

MedBen WellLiving Clients Spend Less on Chronic Conditions

Mar 8, 2022 | Asthma, Cholesterol, Chronic conditions, Diabetes, Heart, Hypertension, MedBen WellLiving, Preventive Care, Wellness

Through a proactive wellness approach, MedBen WellLiving clients spend less per member on major chronic conditions than those who don’t use WellLiving (see chart below). Overall, WellLiving clients spent, on average, $822 less PEPY than non-WellLiving clients...

Focus on Preventive Care Reduces COVID-19 Costs

Mar 8, 2021 | COVID-19, Diabetes, Heart, Hypertension, MedBen WellLiving, Preventive Care, Primary Care

Only a small percentage of the overall MedBen block has tested positive for COVID-19. In looking at these cases, we found that the average cost for a positive COVID-19 case for clients who have MedBen WellLiving was 17.1% less than a non-WellLiving client case. This...

Diabetes, High Blood Pressure Linked to Stroke in COVID-19 Patients

Dec 9, 2020 | COVID-19, Diabetes, Hypertension, MedBen WellLiving, Preventive Care, Research

High blood pressure and diabetes may increase a COVID-19 patient’s risk of stroke and other brain complications, an ongoing study suggests. “COVID-19’s effects extend far beyond the chest,” said study lead author Dr. Colbey Freeman, chief...

Adding Fiber to Your Diet Reduces Disease Risk

May 16, 2019 | Cancer, Cholesterol, Diabetes, Heart, Hypertension, MedBen WellLiving, Preventive Care, Primary Care, Wellness

16According to a recent study, people who eat between 25 and 29 grams of fiber per day reduce their risk of developing heart disease, diabetes and colon cancer by 15-30%. “Americans are getting, on average, about 12 and a half grams of fiber each day, which isn’t...

Blood Pressure, By the Numbers

May 14, 2019 | Hypertension, Preventive Care, Specialty Care, Wellness

If you have high blood pressure (also called hypertension), you’re hardly alone out there. About 1 in 3 U.S. adults share your condition. And just because you don’t “feel” like you have high blood pressure doesn’t mean you’re in the clear. The condition is called the...
« Older Entries

Search the Blog

Categories

  • Access solutions
  • Account Management
  • Administrative Services Only
  • Adverse selection
  • Affordable Care Act
  • Air medical transports
  • Alternative Plan Design
  • Alternative Reimbursement Strategies
  • American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA)
  • Ancillary services
  • Announcements
  • Aspirin
  • Asthma
  • Avande
  • Balance billing
  • Benchmarks
  • Billing
  • biologics
  • Biometric recognition
  • Birth Control
  • Brand Name Drugs
  • Brian Fargus
  • Brokers
  • Bundled Payments
  • Bundled Reports
  • Cadillac Tax
  • Cafeteria plans
  • Cancer
  • Caroline Fraker
  • Case management
  • Case Studies
  • Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
  • Cervical Cancer
  • Cholesterol
  • Chronic conditions
  • Claims
  • Claims Management
  • Claims negotiation
  • Client Feedback
  • Client Report
  • Client Services
  • Client Surveys
  • COBRA
  • Colon Cancer
  • Columbus Business First
  • Comparative Effectiveness
  • Compliance
  • Conferences
  • Consultants
  • Consumer-driven Health Plans
  • Coordination of Benefits
  • Coronavirus
  • Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act
  • Cost Plus Pricing
  • Cost Savings
  • COVID-19
  • Customer Service
  • Debit Cards
  • Dental
  • Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
  • Department of Labor
  • Dependent care assistance plan (DCAP)
  • Diabetes
  • Direct-to-Employer Contracting
  • Discounts
  • Drug advertising
  • Drug costs
  • Drugmakers
  • Emergency Room (ER)
  • Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
  • Employer Dashboard
  • enCompass
  • Enrollment
  • Explanation of benefits (EOB)
  • Families First Coronavirus Response Act (FFCRA)
  • Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)
  • Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)
  • Flu Shots
  • Forensic claims analysis
  • Forensic claims review
  • Form 1094
  • Form 1095
  • Forms
  • Formularies
  • FSA Grace period
  • FSA Store
  • Fully Insured
  • Gene therapy
  • Generic Drugs
  • Giving Back
  • Government
  • Health Benefits
  • Health care costs
  • Health Care Reform
  • Health flexible spending account (FSA)
  • Health insurance exchanges
  • Health Plan Management
  • Health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs)
  • Health Savings Accounts (HSAs)
  • HealthJoy
  • Healthy habits
  • Heart
  • High-Deductible Health Plans (HDHPs)
  • HIPAA
  • HITECH
  • Hospitals
  • HSA Store
  • Hypertension
  • ID Card
  • Implementation
  • Independent Dispute Resolution (IDR)
  • Inflation
  • Influenza
  • Information Systems
  • Insulin
  • Interactive Features
  • IRS
  • ISO
  • Kentucky
  • Kurt Harden
  • Lasers
  • Lawsuits
  • Legislative
  • Lifestyle
  • Lobbying
  • Luke Burchard
  • MedBen Access
  • MedBen Analytics
  • MedBen Blog
  • MedBen Employees
  • MedBen News
  • MedBen PreceDent
  • MedBen Rx
  • MedBen Rx Advocate
  • MedBen Rx Alliance
  • MedBen University
  • MedBen VisionPlus
  • MedBen WellLiving
  • MedBen.com
  • Medicare
  • Member engagement
  • Member Prescription Portal
  • Mental Health
  • Mobile App
  • Municipalities
  • Networks
  • New Solutions
  • News
  • No Surprises Act (NSA)
  • Obesity
  • Ohio
  • Online Services
  • Out of network
  • Over-the-counter (OTC) drugs
  • Own Use
  • Pap smears
  • PCORI
  • Personal protective equipment (PPE)
  • Pharmacy Benefits Manager (PBM)
  • Pharmacy Services Administrator (PSA)
  • Plan administrators
  • Plan Design
  • Plan Language
  • Plan members
  • Preferred provider organization (PPO)
  • Prescription
  • Preventive Care
  • Primary Care
  • Prior Authorization Services
  • Privacy
  • Private employers
  • Promotions
  • Provider networks
  • Qualified small employer health reimbursement (QSEHRA)
  • Qualified transportation fringe benefits
  • Quality
  • Rebates
  • Reference-Based Pricing
  • Regional Sales Managers
  • Regulatory
  • Reporting
  • Rescission of Coverage
  • Research
  • Resources
  • Roundtables
  • Rx Costs
  • Sales
  • Savings
  • Security
  • Self-funding
  • Social Media
  • SPBA
  • Specialty Care
  • Specialty Drugs
  • Spending
  • Spousal limitations
  • Spread Pricing
  • State legislation
  • Stop-Loss
  • Stroke
  • Summary of Benefits & Coverage (SBC)
  • Supreme Court
  • Surprise Billing
  • Technology
  • Telehealth
  • Telemedicine
  • Third party administration
  • Transparency
  • Transplants
  • Treasury Department
  • Trend
  • TruDataRx
  • Uncategorized
  • Unwrapped
  • Urgent Care
  • USPSTF
  • Utilization review
  • Virtual care
  • Vision
  • Webinars
  • Wellness
  • Wellness exam
  • Wendell Crain
  • White paper
  • About Us
  • MedBen Advantage
  • Career Opportunities
  • Contact Us
  • Employers
  • Members
  • Brokers
  • Providers
  • Our Services
  • MedBen Administrators
  • Alternative Reimbursement Strategies
  • MedBen Rx
  • MedBen Analytics
  • MedBen WellLiving
  • PreceDent/VisionPlus
  • COBRA and Consumer-Driven Health Plans (FSA/HRA/HSA)
  • MedBen Blog
  • Privacy

Sign Up for our Newsletter

  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
Instagram
© 2023 MedBen. All rights reserved.